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FROM GEOLKOM TO MINGEO (CHAPTERS FROM “CHRONICLE OF THE STONE”)

A. I. Emelyanov

Territorial Inspectorate of State Geodetic Supervision, Kursk, Russia

Geologists own a chronicle in which events of the history of the Earth are recorded, but the novel “Chronicle of the Stone” is not a story about the history of the Earth, the novel is conceived as a story about one of the most unique professions existing on earth, namely the geologist. In modern Russia, this profession turned out to be little in demand and not prestigious, but it should not be like that; in the history of the country it was already there, it clearly does not benefit her and there is already an awareness of it. The action novel is written in the genre of modern prose. The novel shows relationships between people united by the geological profession, between these people and society, between geological specialists and the authorities; but in the center of the plot the profession of geologist, people of this profession, their attitude to their profession and their dedication to the professional duty will still remain. Based on real events. The published fragments describe the history of the formation of the domestic Geological Service from the pre-revolutionary Geolkom to the USSR Ministry of Geology (1882–1949).

Keywords: Geolkom of Russia, Supreme Economic Council of the USSR, Glavgeologiya, Geolkom case, repressed geologists, the USSR atomic project.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2019-2-103-109